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Operated by a pair of cutthroat radio promotion men, Chicagos Twinight label made its strides via friendolathe trading of favors, not dollars, for local radio airplay. Much of the outfits 56-single outputexcepting the work of bona fide hitmaker Syl Johnsonwas written and recorded by moonlighting on-air talent eager for a leg up in the Second Citys notoriously crooked record racket. Twinights Lunar Rotation spins 40 former tax write-off tracks on 2 CDsor 54 cuts on 4 LPsinto works of true soul beauty revealed by the light of a new day. After ushering forth previously unknown cuts by Jo Ann Garrett, Renaldo Domino, and the Notations, the sixth entry in Numeros flagship Eccentric Soul series reads like the whos who of an unsung Chicago scene, featuring Chuck & Mac, the Dynamic Tints, Annette Poindexter, Nate Evans, the Radiants, the Mystiques, the Kaldirons, Perfections, Mist, Harrison & The Majestic Kind, Schiller Street Gang, George McGregor & the Bronzettes, Josephine Taylor, Krystal Generation, Mist, Velma Perkins, Jimmy Jones, Sidney Pinchback, Stormy, Johnny Williams, Elvin Spencer, Buster Benton, and Pieces Of Peace.